No ‘God Spot’ In Brain, Spirituality Linked To Right Parietal Lobe –...
Scientists have speculated that the human brain features a “God spot,” one distinct area of the brain responsible for spirituality. Now, University of Missouri researchers have completed research that...
View ArticleBuddhism: Science of the Mind
“Modern science initiated a deep spiritual crisis that led to an unfortunate split between faith and reason—a split yet to be reconciled. Buddhism was seen as an ‘alternative altar,’ a bridge that...
View ArticleWhat is Heart Intelligence?
During the 1960s and ’70s physiologists John and Beatrice Lacey conducted research that showed the heart actually communicates with the brain in ways that greatly affect how we perceive and react to...
View ArticleSpiral Dynamics: Evolution of Human Consciousness
Dr. Graves penned this article after approximately two decades of research on the evolution of human consciousness, more specifically, Spiral Dynamics. Graves believed that humanity as a whole was...
View Article‘Mind uploading’ featured in academic journal special issue for first time |...
The Special Issue on Mind Uploading (Vol. 4, issue 1, June 2012) of the International Journal of Machine Consciousness, just released, “constitutes a significant milestone in the history of mind...
View ArticleMeditation fights flu better than pills – Times of India
Meditation could be very useful at preventing winter ailments than popping vitamins or herbal remedies as “insurance policy” to stave off colds and flu, a new study has revealed. According to a study...
View ArticleDocumentary- Reality and the Extended Mind (2 of 2)
Reality and the Extended Mind is a non-profit documentary by Adrian Nelson. As an increasing number of academics acknowledge the findings erupting from psi research, quantum mechanics and many other...
View ArticleA Drug That Could Give You Perfect Visual Memory
Imagine if you could look at something once and remember it forever. You would never have to ask for directions again. Now a group of scientists has isolated a protein that mega-boosts your ability to...
View ArticleA New Fundraising Tool for Permaculture Permaculture Research Institute
WeTheTrees provides a multifaceted tool to every permaculturalist, and can be used very creatively to not only raise funds for a project, but also to fundraise for a course, assess the market potential...
View ArticleSwarm Creativity Framework
Business sustainability and collective intelligence clipped via emeraldinsight.com Research in the natural and social sciences has shown this conception to be too narrow. Intelligence is a property of...
View ArticleDisease of Hype – Big Pharma Spends More On Advertising Than Research And...
Here is a healthy scientific critique of an industry that pays less in the science than of its own advertising. Amplify’d from www.sciencedaily.com A new study by two York University researchers...
View ArticleCollective Intelligence, Women Count
Win-win needs some yin. “Collective Intelligence: Number of Women in Group Linked to Effectiveness in Solving Difficult Problems http://bit.ly/9HpUzs“ Clipped from www.sciencedaily.com When it comes to...
View ArticleWorld Wide Win-Win
#agent4x < Is this what social media looks like when it grows a heart? Clipped from www.send2press.com The World Mind Network and Friends Beyond Borders have announced WikiGeeks, a coordinated...
View ArticleLearning Collective
Imagine a society where everyone can learn what they want to learn from trusted sources? Imagine a post-industrial society that focuses on its most precious resource, it’s children. What if we could...
View ArticleSurprise! – Open Source More Expensive Says MS Report
Amplify’d from news.slashdot.org “Much conventional wisdom about programs written by volunteers is wrong. The authors took money for research from Microsoft, long the archenemy of the open-source...
View ArticleSmart Matter – The sorcerer’s apprentice tackles sensors
Amplify’d from www.usatoday.com by John Makulowich, a true Internet pioneer. [01Jan02] Consider this research task: Find a way to make “smart” roads that are safer and less congested, produce smart...
View Article8 Content Areas For Tomorrow’s Students: New #Education
8 Content Areas For Tomorrow’s Students: New #Education (Notice my angles. See whole post for more.) 1. #Literacy (communicating in digital spaces) 2. #Patterns (forming multi-disciplinary connections)...
View ArticleThe Anxieties of Big Data
A principal researcher at Microsoft Research, Kate Crawford, describes a kind of "surveillant anxiety" experienced by those surveilled, as well as the surveillers. She points out that intelligence...
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Consciousness on-off switch located deep in human brain
Scientists say they've located the part of the brain that controls consciousness; it's a thin layer deep in the brain called the claustrum.... In a new study -- published this week in the journal...
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